Tomorrowland

— I’m not sure how the kids in the audience made it through this one but I do understand why the previews were so vague. A lot of the time, I felt like a churchgoer listening to a preacher hitting me over the head with a single concept and a lengthy rant. In the end, I still wasn’t quite sure what Tomorrowland was, but I’d been told over and over again to take care of my environment and to know that I can change the world. I applaud the idea of an anti-dystopian voice in the current filmic landscape, as well as the idea that holding out hope for a better tomorrow isn’t crazy, just as thinking even small changes in the right direction can make a difference, but this film really needed a bit more depth to it. I was amazed that, after two hours, there wasn’t much of a resolution, just an end. Tomorrowland is an idea, and a fairly simple one at that, without a very satisfactory plot.

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[2015. 130 min. Directed by Brad Bird. Starring George Clooney, Britt Robertson, Hugh Laurie, Raffey Cassidy, and Tim McGraw.]
http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/tomorrowland-2015